RESOURCES

Resources

Practical reading for people who own the building: what's on the roof, what fails, and how the decisions get made.

Flat Roofs & Attached Homes

The three common membranes, side by side.

The joints that cause most top-floor leaks on attached buildings.

What to look for from a top-floor window or after a rain.

Shared runs, shared problems, and where the water goes.

Planning roof work when tenants live under it.

The factors that tip a roof one way or the other.

The parts of the job that make one roof cost more than another.

When New Jersey's rules require a permit, and when they don't.

Why century-old slate is usually worth keeping.

How a storm roof claim usually works, step by step.

What winter does to roofs, and why the leak shows up in March.

Thunderstorms, wind damage and trees over roofs.

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